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The Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus Mons), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the famous seven hills of Rome, the site of a temple for the Capitoline Triad: the gods Jupiter, his wife Juno and their daughter Minerva. The temple was started by Rome's last king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and was considered one of the largest and the most beautiful temples in the city. When the Celtic Gauls raided Rome in 390 BC, the Capitoline Hill was the one section of the city to evade capture by the barbarians.

The English word capitol derives from Capitoline Hill.

Since the 16th century, the Campidoglio has been transformed by Michelangelo's palazzi.

External link

Samuel Ball Platner, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome: Capitoline Hill

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Capitoline HillThe Capitoline Hill Capitolinus Mons , between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the famous seven hills of Rome, the site of a temple for the Capitoline Triad: the gods Jupiter, his wife Juno and their daughter Minerva. The temple was started by

Capitoline TriadThe Capitoline Triad was comprised of three deities of Roman mythology who were worshipped in an elaborate temple on Rome's Capitoline Hill. The three deities thus honoured were Jupiter (god), the King of the Gods, his wife and half-sister Juno (mythology

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